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[wecanavenge]

[The video clicks on, and Erik is sitting at his desk, looking calm, but angry. He might start shouting, he might have a reasonable debate. It's hard to tell. He folds his hands on the desk top, and leans toward the camera.]

My name is Erik Lensherr. [Reasonable debate it seems, but there's a challenge in his face, his eyes, his voice as he goes on:] I am a mutant. I am a Jew. [He pauses for a fraction of an instant, like he's daring anyone to say anything. The instant passes, and his jaw tightens.]

I will not be remaining in your prison. You will release me, or we'll have a problem, you and I. Is that clear?

[He reaches off to the side, out of frame, and when his hands come back into view, he's lowering his helmet onto his head. (Still silver, he didn't have time to make it fabulous.)] And Charles? I hope you don't plan to spend your time here blending in. [Guilty spite. Sorry bro. :c]

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what are you talking about it's always been fabulous

[wedonot]

[You are such a dick sometimes, Erik. But he can live with it. :c]

I wasn't, actually. What have you found out?

All the fabulous. RECOGNIZE.

[wecanavenge]

That we've come much farther than the moon. [WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND WHERE ARE HIS POWERS don't tell anyone he can barely do anything. :c]

[creatingalegacy]

Trust me, you're not an inmate for either of those things.

[wecanavenge]

Then why don't you tell me why I am.

[strangehistorian]

Welcome to the Barge, Mr. Lensherr. I'm afraid we can't send you home.

[wecanavenge]

[Welcome to the Barge, really. His jaw flexes again, like he's clenching and unclenching his teeth.]

Can't, or won't?

[likeaprofessional]

Best of luck with the 'making demands' thing. Hasn't worked out yet. For anyone.

[Glance off to the side. That's all he needs to say. No need to keep this video open. EXCEPT... he can't keep his mouth shut sometimes.]

Alright, I have to ask. The fuck is up with the helmet?

[wecanavenge]

It protects me from telepaths. [Like duh, the most obvious thing in the world.]

And that depends on what demands have been made. [And by who. :V]

[yourunichase]

Yeah, things don't work like that here.

[wecanavenge]

Please, educate me. [He's putting on a pleasant persona. This is dangerous.]

[yeahscience]

[Jesse kept his interest in nerdy shit pretty much on the DL in his old life, too, so it hasn't been hard to fake like he doesn't already know who half the people on the Barge are... but come on, Magneto is a badass. He doesn't want to fanboy the guy, but.]

Respect, yo.

[wecanavenge]

[Yo. What is yo. Whatever, he'll roll with it.]

What's your name?

Private/Video

[chlorophylliac]

[Sup dawg we heard you like angry mutants?]

They won't. Allegedly, they can't.

The only one with that power is an unseen entity named the Admiral.

Private/Video

[wecanavenge]

They are the bestest.]

Allegedly. So we're subjugated by someone even these...wardens can't remember.

[Video]

[impure_tale]

A mutant?

[Video]

[wecanavenge]

I imagine you can play the video again, if you didn't hear me the first time.

[Video]

[hourglass_twin]

[Raistlin gives a slight snort before rasping out his reply.] I wish you luck, then, because as of yet none of these boasts have come out to anything more than words.

[Video]

[wecanavenge]

I don't boast.

Who has tried?

[captain_jtkirk]

A mutant?

[wecanavenge]

Deaf, or unfamiliar with the word?

Private

[talent_spotter]

Good luck getting the Admiral to do anything you say. He doesn't listen to anyone, not even the Wardens half the time.

He won't release you simply because you demanded to be released. You're an inmate, so you've been brought here because he feels you have something to atone for. Not because you're a Jew or a mutant or whatever else. Basically, you're probably dead, now you can play his game and have a second chance.

Or you can cause a lot of trouble and end up stuck here forever.

Those are the two paths most seem to take. I haven't been here all that long, so don't take me as an expert. Just someone who's watching and learning as she goes.

Private

[wecanavenge]

I'm not dead, and I don't need a second chance. I have nothing to atone for.

[ichoosefight]

I'm Steph. I'm... neither a mutant nor a Jew, but I am a warden. And I can tell you up front, 'releasing' you isn't really within my abilities.

[wecanavenge]

[Not a mutant, just another human, just another enemy.] Then what use are you?

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[surfaceshine]

What kinda problem we talkin' there, Chuckles?

[He probably doesn't mean to be as offensive as Erik will probably take that; it's just that he's had good luck with meeting hostility with amusement.

And then usually good luck with fists meeting his face, but no one's counting that part.

[ Video ]

[wecanavenge]

[Everyone is counting that part, they just don't tell Dean. :c]

Use your imagination.

[scarlet_discord]

[Have a brief image of a young, dark-haired woman with exactly the same color eyes as Erik's. Her expression is one of absolute horror, and she shakes her head once in complete denial. For a moment it looks like she will say something, but then she quickly reaches and cuts off the feed.]

[wecanavenge]

[Well that's...unexpected. He doesn't really recognize her eyes as his, because it's the horror that he sees first. So he fiddles with his communicator, trying to find a way to contact her.]

Are you all right?